Inventory of the M. L. Patterson Papers, 1855-1887

Collection Number 579-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Collection Overview
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Patterson, M. L.
Title
M. L. Patterson Papers, 1855-1887.
Call Number
579-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
12 items.
Abstract
Papers of M. L. Patterson of Columbus, Ga., chiefly concerning business and legal matters. There are a number of letters from Patterson's nephew in Eufaula, Ala. Topics include the settlement of debts, the destruction of financial records by Sherman's army, the suspension of writ of habeas corpus in nine upstate South Carolina counties following race riots over the lynching of black militiamen by Ku Klux Klan members in that state, and a race riot in Alabama after the 1874 election. Other items include financial agreements, the dispensation of the family estate, business conditions in Chattanooga, Tenn., and a letter from parents to their son, a student at Spring Hill College near Mobile, Ala.


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Administrative Information

Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the M. L. Patterson Papers, #579-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Chattanooga (Tenn.)--Commerce--History--19th century.
College students--Alabama--History--19th century.
Eufaula (Ala.)--Economic conditions.
Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.)
Lynching--Southern States.
Patterson, M. L.
Riots--South Carolina--History--19th century.
South Carolina--Race relations.
Spring Hill College--Students--History--19th century.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction and pillage.
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Collection Overview

Papers of M. L. Patterson of Columbus, Ga., chiefly concerning business and legal matters. There are a number of letters from Patterson's nephew in Eufaula, Ala. Topics include the settlement of debts, the destruction of financial records by Sherman's army, the suspension of writ of habeas corpus in nine upstate South Carolina counties following race riots over the lynching of black militiamen by Ku Klux Klan members in that state, and a race riot in Alabama after the 1874 election. Other items include financial agreements, the dispensation of the family estate, business conditions in Chattanooga, Tenn., and a letter from parents to their son, a student at Spring Hill College near Mobile, Ala.